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Norman French

Speech parts

1. Norman French - Noun

2. Norman French - Proper noun

Meaning

the medieval Norman dialect of Old French

Source: WordNet

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Norman-French

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Examples

Carte was of Welsh and Norman ancestry; D'Oyly is a Norman French name which "was a forename (not part of a double surname)". Source: Internet

In modern times the Sovereign always grants the Royal Assent, using the Norman French words " La Reyne le veult " (the Queen wishes it; "Le Roy" instead in the case of a king). Source: Internet

Later French borrowings came from standard rather than Norman French; this leads to such cognate pairs as warden (from Norman), guardian (from later French; both of these words in fact derive from Germanic). Source: Internet

The historian David Nicolle said of the battle that William's army "demonstrated – not without difficulty – the superiority of Norman-French mixed cavalry and infantry tactics over the Germanic-Scandinavian infantry traditions of the Anglo-Saxons." Source: Internet

Middle English also saw a mass adoption of Norman French vocabulary, especially in areas such as politics, law, the arts, religion and other courtly language. Source: Internet

The word chariot itself is derived from the Norman French charriote and shares a celtic root ( Gaulish : karros). Source: Internet

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